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' No. 423,595. Pdtentedv Mar. 18, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE H. COLLEY, OF JACKSON, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO THE BORTREE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME' PLACE.

CORSET.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 423,595, dated March 18, 1890.

Application filed November 4, 1889. Serial No. 3291133' (N0 model- To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. CoLLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jackson, county of Jackson, State of Michigan,

have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Corsets; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itpertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in corsets, and in a combination of devices and appliances hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawing, the tigure is a view of a portion of the inner side of a corset embodying my invention.

In carrying out my invention, A represents the main portion of the corset, and B the busts.

C represents a piece of material fastened to Athe inside of each bust, and D is a drawingstring in the upper part thereof, whereby a convenient pocket is provided in the bust of the corset.

E represents stifening-ribs, which extend from the upper edge of the corset in parallel rows down adjacent tothe middle, where the ribs are divided and diverge in sets and extend down to the lower edge. By this construction the upper part of the body is stiffened suiiiciently and the lower portion is also properly stiffened, and yet those portions over the hips, where the stiffening is not desired,

By this construction a perfect-tittin g and easy-wearin g corset is obtained.

I would, of course, have it understood that 4o my improvements can be applied to any style of corset, without regard to its particular make. f

I do not broadly claim a corset having diverging strengthening-ribs, as I am aware i5 that heretofore a corset has been provided with two side stays, commencing at the top edge of the corset and extending down and diverging from each other to opposite sides of the hip-opening, one curving to the front 5o and the -other to theback, and also that rectilinear stitfeners have been extended from the top edge of a corset to the apices of diverging, bent, or curved stiffeners located in the lower portion of a corset; but my inven- 5 5 tion is distinguished from these in comprising a series of continuous stilfeners that are parallel with eachother in the upper portion I of the corset, and in which the lower portion of each stiiener or strengthening-rib is split 6o or divided at or about the middle or waist of the corset and the said divisions madeA to diverge from each other toward the lower edge of the corset.

'What I claim as my invention is.-. 65 A corset provided with a series of continuous stitfeners E, extending from the upper edge of the corset in parallel rows and each divided about the middle, and its lower dil vided portions made to diverge from each 7o other and` extended to the lower edge of the corset, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony7 whereof I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

- GEORGE H. COLLEY. Witnesses:

W. J REYNOLDS, L. C. CHANDLER. 

